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GREY-LAG GOOSE. 



WILD-GOOSE. GBEY-LAG WILD-GOOSE. 



Anser palustris, FLEMING. SELBY. 



" ferns, JENYNS. 



Anas anser, PENNANT. 



'* ferus, MONTAGU. 



Anser A Goose. Pulustris Belonging to marshes. 



THE good old-fashioned name of the Grey-lag Goose, shall 

 not by me be set aside for that which more comme'nds itself 

 to modern 'ears polite.' One who is not ashamed of, but 

 feels it a pride to bear the time-honoured title of Parson, 

 the denomination, in the ancient dialect of the country, of 

 the Person, the principal person of the parish by virtue of 

 his office, must extend, as far as he has it in his power, 

 the protection of print over the vernacular name of the 

 bird of the grey lag, whose grey wing has so long been 

 celebrated in the old poem, which will still last when many 

 a modern one shall have been consigned to oblivion. Since 

 writing the above, I perceive that Sir William Jardine has 

 expressed a similar preference on a like ground. 



The Grey-lag Goose breeds in the southern parts of Norway 

 and Sweden, and visits Iceland. It occurs also, but not 

 commonly, in Prance, Switzerland, and Holland, and is said 

 to be more plentiful in Germany, in Prussia, Pomerania, 

 Saxony, and Silesia. 



In Asia, it is reported to be found in Persia, China, and 

 Japan, and along the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, 

 and the Dead Sea. In Africa also it is seen in the northern 

 and north-western parts. 



